As an African-American woman, Joyce Scott has witnessed several changes in contemporary society and has had to overcome several barriers and challenges in her lifetime.

One way of working through her emotions and sharing her experiences with others is by incorporating her life experiences into her art.

Barbara Bruene, director of Gallery 181, has never met Scott but said “she has a bite about her work with wit and humor in it,” Bruene said. “Her work is very lively and interesting, which leads me to expect the same thing from the artist.”

Scott’s sculptures, jewelry and prints have been combined to create several exhibitions, including her recent “Civil Progress: Life in Black America,” a group exhibition at the Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle, and “Things That Go Bump in the Night,” on display in Gallery 181.

The Baltimore, Md., native has been featured in 20 exhibitions ,including duo-exhibitions with her mother, Elizabeth Scott, an artist renowned for her quiltwork.

Scott has also received several awards, including the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation where she was one of 10 female artists in the US who received an individual award of $25,000, according to a press release from the College of Design.

Scott will give a follow-up lecture on her exhibition, “Things That Go Bump in the Night,” tonight at 7 in Carver Hall, Room 1.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to hear an artist who is extremely active in creating art and also involved in performing art,” Bruene said.